Government Advocacy
Advancing the Goals of Your Organization
The Hardiman-Williams team can provide a full range of issue advocacy and government affairs assistance. From federal level legislative and regulatory representation to assistance at various state capitols, Hardiman-Williams has the resources to be your voice wherever and whenever an issue arises. We have successfully coordinated grass roots advocacy efforts and direct lobbying campaigns in over twenty states, and at numerous state and federal agencies. From A to Z (appropriations, administrative rules, building codes…zoning) our goal is to understand your issue, identify the stakeholders, and get the problem resolved!
In addition to advocacy and representation, our team is able to create customized issue briefs, reports, and digests designed just for your organization. This example, made exclusively for the Modular Building Institute, represents work on a variety of issues critical to that association.
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Board Roles & Responsibilities
The board of directors of a non-profit are responsible for setting the direction of and providing the resources for the mission of the organization. They have a fiduciary responsibility to the organization and the constituents it serves. In most cases, the board is comprised of volunteers from within the industry or profession the non-profit serves…
Selling Advocacy as a Members-Only Benefit
Selling Advocacy as a Members-Only Benefit I have recently seen articles by so called association gurus and leaders implying that issue advocacy is not “sellable” and that it is “nonsense” to try to convince a person to pay money to join an organization to get what they are already getting. My AMC runs two trade…
Why Conflict Matters
Why Conflict Matters: Unanimous decisions by your board could be masking bigger issues. You’ve just finished another board meeting and it couldn’t have gone better. Everything went exactly according to the agenda and all votes were approved unanimously, with very little debate or drama. Time to celebrate! But maybe that smooth board meeting is symptomatic…
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